U.S.S. Octopus (1906)

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U.S.S. Octopus (1906)
Hull Number: SS-9
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Ordered: Act of April, 1904[2]
Launched: 4 Oct, 1906[3]
Commissioned: 30 Jun, 1908
Decommissioned: 4 Aug, 1919
Sold: 13 Apr, 1920
U.S.S. Octopus was one of five Octopus (or "C") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Octopus was commissioned on 30 June, 1908 with Lieutenant Charles E. Courtney in command.

On 17 November, 1911, she was redesignated C-1.

In 1916, all five "C" class boats were stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, their crews living aboard U.S.S. Severn, assisted by the tug Potomac.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  4. Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
  5. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 36.
  6. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 36.
  7. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 60.
  8. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 60.
  9. "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 24 January, 1914. Vol. LV, No. 1,749, p. 119.
  10. "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 24 January, 1914. Vol. LV, No. 1,749, p. 119.
  11. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 50.
  12. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 50.
  13. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 58.

Bibliography


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